Alastair Humphreys' Great Adventurers | 誠品線上

去冒險吧! 20個平凡冒險家的超酷旅程

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內容簡介 英國地形測量局旅遊類童書 2019年最佳書籍 Alastair Humphreys，英國冒險家，2012年被選為年度國家地理冒險家。本書，他介紹了20位具有指標性的探險家，包括Ibn Battuta 伊本·巴圖塔﹙14世紀的探險家﹚、Apsley Cherry-Garrard 阿普斯利·徹裡加勒特﹙南極洲探險家﹚、登陸月球的太空人 Michael Collins 麥可·柯林斯 和環遊世界80天Nellie Bly娜麗·布萊…等。這些探險家不只男性也包含女性，他們上天下海，穿山越嶺，挑戰極限，也挑戰自己，希望此書也成為小讀者挑戰自己的啟蒙。 Hand-selected by Alastair Humpreys, read about the incredible journeys undertaken by twenty of the most heroic and impressive explorers who ever lived, including Ibn Battuta (14th-century explorer); Apsley Cherry-Garrard (a member of Scott's Antarctic expedition); Michael Collins (Apollo Moon mission astronaut) and Nellie Bly (who travelled round the world in less than 80 days). A wide-spread selection of explorers from young to old, male to female and with a range of abilities, these explorers crossed land, sea and sky in the name of adventure and may just inspire readers aged 7+ to do the same. Alastair Humphreys was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012 for his work on the concept of microadventures.

作者介紹

作者介紹 About the AuthorAlastair Humphreys is an adventurer and author. After training as a teacher, he spent four years cycling round the world, a journey of 46k miles through 60 countries and five continents. Sir Ranulph Fiennes called it, 'the first great adventure of the millenium'. Alastair has also walked across India, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, rowed to France, run six marathons through the Sahara Desert, crossed Iceland by foot and packraft. He has recently become the pioneer of 'microadventures', a movement encouraging people to seek out short, local adventures.

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